# 2022 German Figure Skating Championships

The 2022 German Figure Skating Championships (German: Deutsche Meisterschaften im Eiskunstlaufen 2022) were held on December 9–11, 2021 at the Eissporthalle Neuss in Neuss. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's and women's singles at the senior level and pair skating and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels. Single skating competitions on the junior and novice levels were held on December 17–19, 202,1 at the Eissportzentrum Westfalen in Dortmund. The results of the national championships were among the criteria used to choose the German teams for the 2022 European Championships, 2022 Winter Olympics, 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, 2022 World Championships and 2022 Junior World Championships.

## Medalists

Senior :
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Paul Fentz | Kai Jagoda | Nikita Starostin |
| Women | Nicole Schott | Kristina Isaev | Elisabeth Jäger |
| Pairs | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert | Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert | No other competitors |
| Ice dance | Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan | Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck | Lara Luft / Maximilian Pfisterer |
| Junior ||||
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Louis Weissert | Denis Gurdzhi | Arthur Mai |
| Women | Olesya Ray | Aya Hatakawa | Janne Salatzki |
| Pairs | Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster | No other competitors | No other competitors |
| Ice dance | Darya Grimm / Michail Savitskiy | Karla Maria Karl / Kai Hoferichter | Janne Kummer / Erik Kummer |

## Senior results
### Men's singles

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Paul Fentz | 206.84 | 1 | 71.42 | 1 | 135.42 |
| 2 | Kai Jagoda | 181.77 | 2 | 67.66 | 3 | 114.11 |
| 3 | Nikita Starostin | 178.94 | 4 | 57.65 | 2 | 121.29 |
| 4 | Louis Weissert | 160.31 | 3 | 63.34 | 4 | 96.97 |
| 5 | Lotfi Sereir | 133.82 | 5 | 51.61 | 5 | 82.21 |

### Women's singles

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Nicole Schott | 178.75 | 1 | 59.75 | 1 | 119.00 |
| 2 | Kristina Isaev | 159.21 | 2 | 55.00 | 2 | 104.21 |
| 3 | Elisabeth Jäger | 116.47 | 3 | 36.09 | 3 | 80.38 |
| 4 | Jennifer Fischer | 87.81 | 5 | 28.89 | 4 | 58.92 |
| 5 | Antonia Moarcas | 87.66 | 4 | 32.04 | 5 | 55.62 |

### Pair skating

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert | 197.64 | 1 | 68.94 | 1 | 128.70 |
| 2 | Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert | 184.23 | 2 | 66.20 | 2 | 118.03 |

### Ice dance

| Rank | Name | Total points | RD | RD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan | 179.07 | 1 | 70.49 | 1 | 108.58 |
| 2 | Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck | 177.11 | 2 | 68.65 | 2 | 108.46 |
| 3 | Lara Luft / Maximilian Pfisterer | 150.05 | 3 | 59.82 | 3 | 90.23 |
| 4 | Viktoriia Lopusova / Asaf Kazimov | 129.72 | 4 | 50.04 | 4 | 79.68 |

## Junior results
### Men's singles

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Louis Weissert | 177.01 | 1 | 56.43 | 1 | 120.58 |
| 2 | Denis Gurdzhi | 160.86 | 2 | 54.74 | 2 | 106.12 |
| 3 | Arthur Mai | 151.15 | 6 | 46.15 | 3 | 105.00 |
| 4 | Luca Fünfer | 142.36 | 4 | 48.58 | 4 | 93.78 |
| 5 | Hugo Herrmann | 139.76 | 3 | 53.59 | 7 | 86.17 |
| 6 | Leon Kraiczyk | 134.10 | 5 | 47.11 | 6 | 86.99 |
| 7 | Robert Weber | 129.86 | 8 | 42.84 | 5 | 87.02 |
| 8 | Loris Kraiczyk | 129.84 | 7 | 44.86 | 8 | 84.98 |

### Women's singles

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Olesya Ray | 148.11 | 2 | 47.55 | 1 | 100.56 |
| 2 | Aya Hatakawa | 126.54 | 8 | 42.66 | 2 | 83.88 |
| 3 | Janne Salatzki | 125.68 | 1 | 48.32 | 3 | 77.36 |
| 4 | Anastasia Steblyanka | 122.8 | 3 | 45.87 | 4 | 76.93 |
| 5 | Marielen Hirling | 119.04 | 5 | 43.57 | 5 | 75.47 |
| 6 | Kama Schelewski | 118.66 | 4 | 44.53 | 6 | 74.13 |
| 7 | Anna Grekul | 115.78 | 7 | 43.23 | 8 | 72.55 |
| 8 | Ina Jungmann | 113.93 | 11 | 40.82 | 7 | 73.11 |
| 9 | Paula Beryak | 113.46 | 9 | 41.88 | 9 | 71.58 |
| 10 | Eva Balduzzi | 109.63 | 10 | 41.34 | 11 | 68.29 |
| 11 | Cecile Pauline Pfister | 108.02 | 6 | 43.28 | 13 | 64.74 |
| 12 | Fiona Wiens | 104.55 | 13 | 38.72 | 12 | 65.83 |
| 13 | Maike Pruss | 100.54 | 16 | 36.48 | 14 | 64.06 |
| 14 | Lea-Sophie Beck | 99.58 | 15 | 36.69 | 15 | 62.89 |
| 15 | Annika Kasel | 98.34 | 17 | 35.68 | 16 | 62.66 |
| 16 | Selina Wilhelm | 97.61 | 22 | 29.11 | 10 | 68.5 |
| 17 | Zoe Trafela | 96.94 | 14 | 37.22 | 17 | 59.72 |
| 18 | Alicia Schuster | 96.58 | 12 | 38.84 | 19 | 57.74 |
| 19 | Elena Papadopoulou | 91.82 | 18 | 34.08 | 18 | 57.74 |
| 20 | Mariella Wallner | 89.5 | 19 | 32.94 | 20 | 56.56 |
| 21 | Annika Görler | 89.12 | 20 | 32.68 | 21 | 56.44 |
| 22 | Eva Vlad | 86.09 | 21 | 31.46 | 23 | 54.63 |
| 23 | Clara Gladys | 84.26 | 24 | 28.34 | 22 | 55.92 |
| 24 | Katharina Weber | 78.83 | 23 | 28.76 | 24 | 50.07 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster | 138.92 | 1 | 47.1 | 1 | 91.82 |

### Ice dance

| Rank | Name | Total points | RD | RD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Darya Grimm / Michail Savitskiy | 152.64 | 1 | 62.42 | 1 | 90.22 |
| 2 | Karla Maria Karl / Kai Hoferichter | 133.51 | 2 | 54.81 | 2 | 78.70 |
| 3 | Janne Kummer / Erik Kummer | 77.22 | 3 | 29.77 | 3 | 47.45 |

## International team selections
### Winter Universiade

The 2021 Winter Universiade, originally scheduled for 21–31 January 2021 in Lucerne, Switzerland, was postponed to 11–21 December 2021 but finally it was cancelled definitively on 29 November 2021.

### European Championships

The 2022 European Championships were held in Tallinn, Estonia from 10 to 16 January 2022. Germany's team was published on December 14, 2021.
| | Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| 1 | Paul Fentz | Nicole Schott | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert | Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck |
| 2 | Nikita Starostin | | Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel | |
| 3 | | | Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster | |
| Alt. | Kai Jagoda | Kristina Isaev | | Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan |

### Winter Olympics

The 2022 Winter Olympics was held in Beijing, China from 4 to 20 February 2022. Germany's team was published on January 19, 2022.
| | Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| 1 | Paul Fentz* | Nicole Schott | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert | Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck |
Names denoted with an asterisk (*) are skaters/teams eligible for the team event only.

### European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

The 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, originally scheduled for 6–13 February 2021 in Vuokatti, Finland, was postponed to 11–18 December 2021 and then to 20–25 March 2022. The German entry was announced on March 10, 2022.
| | Men |
| 1 | Arthur Mai |

### World Championships

The 2022 World Championships were held in Montpellier, France from 21 to 27 March 2022. Germany's team was published on February 28, 2022.
| | Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| 1 | Nikita Starostin | Nicole Schott | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert | Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan (withdrew) |
| Alt. | | Kristina Isaev | Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster | Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck |

### World Junior Championships

Commonly referred to as "Junior Worlds", the 2022 World Junior Championships were originally scheduled for 7–13 March 2022 in Sofia, Bulgaria before postponing to 13–17 April 2022 in Tallinn, Estonia. The German team was announced on March 10, 2022.
| | Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| 1 | Louis Weissert | Olesya Ray | Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster | Darya Grimm / Michail Savitskiy |
| 1st alt. | Luca Fünfer | | | Karla Maria Karl / Kai Hoferichter |
| 2nd alt. | Denis Gurdzhi | | | |
| 3rd alt. | Arthur Mai | | | |